Hantavirus Morocco Border Surveillance Alert

Vigilance is increasing in the Kingdom’s ports and airports. According to information reported by Hespress, authorities in the Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceïma region have been multiplying awareness meetings for the past week. Although the situation is officially "under control" and the risk of infiltration is described as "low to very low," the objective is to demonstrate full preparedness in response to the epidemiological developments in neighboring Spain.

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The action plan first targets rodents, the main vectors of the disease. Strict instructions impose intensive control of these pests at Tanger Med, at the port of Tangier city, at the Ceuta crossing as well as in airports in the northern zone. In parallel, the Ministry of Health identifies analysis laboratories and future isolation sites, while recalling that this virus is not new and does not have the transmission speed of Covid-19.

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The alert took concrete form this Sunday with the evacuation of one hundred people in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands. The cruise ship "MV Hondius" was affected by the "Andes" strain, a rare variant capable of transmitting from person to person. With an incubation period of up to eight weeks, health services in several countries are now tracking contact cases to prevent any spread of this virus whose dangerousness remains under close surveillance.